About

Welcome to my blog! And who am I? I am a woman, mother, wife, dog owner, home-owner, traveler, shopper; I am your every-day, all-American woman working hard to keep her family above water in this crazy world we live in.

Like many, I shop to keep my family supplied with their needs. I use modern technology combined with old-fashioned “bargain-hunting” and a little ingenuity to complete many of my bargain shopping needs. I have this “issue” with paying full retail price for as many things as I can avoid!

I also love to travel. Any time. Any where. To exotic places with beachfront villas. Down hiking trails to a tent pitched in the clearing. My family enjoys traveling too. And if you think my bucket list is extensive, you should hear my kids’ bucket list! We are always “just one step away” from our next travel adventure!

So how did I end up such a bargain shopper and travel deals hunter? Three thoughts immediately come to mind:

First: My mother. She was the 9th out of 12 children of a struggling North Dakota farming family during the Great Depression. She learned very quickly the need to “penny pinch”, simply to survive and put food on the table. She carried these lessons through-out life. I grew up in a family with 6 children where paying full price was not an option, nor was buying things we could not immediately pay for.

Second: My like for the better quality things in life, on a tight budget. This drives my need to find those bargains!

Third: My love to travel. And when traveling with a family of four, bargains really count! I need to search high and low to find those travel deals that fit my budget and my family’s insatiable desire to travel.

What I am not, is what I consider a “couponer.” I find it very hard to clip coupons from papers, ect. Sounds kind of like an oxymoron, huh?! I revel in the hunt of a bargain, yet I don’t clip coupons? Guess you will need to stay tuned as I explain myself through my blog. How I find my deals, yet I don’t clip coupons. Hint: I use lots of modern technology!